Jan 28, 2016

Some recipes to try for CNY

Chinese New Year is the most important
Chinese festival in the calendar, marking the start of the new year. The year
2016 coincides with the Year of the Red Fire Monkey on the Chinese calendar, with millions
of people around the world celebrating and welcoming the new year with their
families and friends. Apart from firecrackers, lion dances and red envelopes,
families will not miss gathering for their annual reunion dinner.

Home cooked dishes will be prepared and enjoyed for the reunion
dinner, so here’s a little something to help you prepare and cook your
favourite dishes easily.

Philips’ kitchen appliances will help you save your
energy on cooking and spare it for a mahjong session or just simply spend more
quality time with your loved ones.

Read on for some simple recipes you might enjoy making....

Philips Viva
Collection Food Processor (RRP MYR349)

Prepare your dishes conveniently and fast with Philips’ Viva Collection
Food Processor. This Philips Food Processor has a 3 in 1 compact set-up with a
2 litre bowl, blender and grinder mill. It also has 5 stainless steel disc
inserts enabling you to effortlessly create a wide variety of your favorite
recipes. For best results, use the low speed setting (speed 1) to whip cream,
beat eggs, and create pastries and bread dough. The higher speed setting (speed
2) is well suited for chopping onions and meats, blending soups and smoothies
or shredding, slicing, grating or rasping vegetables. Now who needs another
hand in the kitchen? Not anymore!

DAN DAN NOODLES

Ingredients:

Meat
Mixture

·150g
Beef, ground

·1
tbps Peanut Oil

·2
cloves Garlic, minced

·1
tbps Ginger, minced

·50g
White cabbage, thinly sliced

·2
nos Scallion/Leek, chopped

·1
no Red pepper, chopped

·1
tbps Chinese rice wine (optional)

·½
tsp Salt

·To
Taste - Roasted peanuts, crushed (optional)

Noodle

·300g
Philips fresh egg noodle

·To
Taste - Salt

Sauce

·50ml
Chicken Stock

·2
tbps Soy Sauce

·½
tbps Sesame paste/Tahini

·2
tsp Sesame oil

·1
tsp Sugar

·1
tbsp Black rice vinegar

·½
tsp oGround Sichuan pepper

·To
Taste - Chilli oil

Method:

1.Bring
large pot of salted water to boil.

2.For
the sauce: Whisk together the ingredients. Set aside

3.Heat
in a wok or skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic, ginger, white parts of
scallion and cabbage. Cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the meat and
stir-fry until crispy and brown. Add rice wine to deglaze the pan. Season to
taste

4.Meanwhile,
cook Philips fresh egg noodles for 6 minutes in boiling salted water, drain.
Rinse shortly under cold noodle so that it stop the cooking process, but it
stays warm. Drain and transfer to a serving dish.

5.Pour
the sauce over the noodles and serve with the meat, topped with the chopped
scallion greens and roasted peanuts. Serve immediately.

Let’s not forget our favourite
fried dishes during Chinese New Year. From spring rolls to fried chicken, we
don’t know when to stop feasting on all these delicious foods. The Philips Viva
Collection Digital Airfryer will ensure you feast on fried food without guilt.
Philips’ unique Rapid Air Technology lets you fry with air to make food that is
crispy on the outside and tender on the inside with up to 80% less fat. You can
even grill, roast and bake using the Airfryer.

CHINESE SCALLION
FLATBREAD

Ingredients:

·2
cups All-purpose flour

·1
cup Warm water

·3
tbps sesame oil

·½
tsp salt

·1
cup Scallion/ Spring onion, chopped, green parts only

Method:

1.In
a medium bowl, add in flour and gradually add in warm water until it forms a
smooth dough.

2.Knead
the dough for about 10 minutes or until the dough is smooth and elastic. Cover with
the damp kitchen towel and set aside for about 20 minutes.

3.After
20 minutes, dust some flour on a flat surface. Divide the dough into two equal
sized balls.

4.Roll
the dough into a thin circle to form a round flatbread. Brush the flatbread
with a teaspoon of oil, then sprinkle some salt evenly.

5.Sprinkle
½ cup of scallion all over the flatbread. Roll up the flatbread tightly,
creating one long snake of rolled up dough

6.Cut
the rolled flatbread into 5 small pieces. Spread each piece into small 5 inch
disc.

7.Brush
the bread with some sesame oil on both sides.

8.Place
into the Philips Airfryer. Set the temperature at 170°C and cook for 10 minutes

Philips Pure Essentials Collection Steamer (RRP
MYR339)

One definite dish
that we won’t miss out during Chinese New Year would be fish. “年年有余” – ‘may you have surplus and abundance every
year’ is a common blessing expressed during Chinese New Year, and is
represented with a dish of fish. The Pure Essentials Collection Steamer can
steam fish and more. You can prepare your favourite soup, stew, porridge, rice
and more

CHICKEN
RICE

A)CHICKEN
SOUP

Ingredients

·1
large onion

·4
clove garlic

·1
inch ginger

·1
whole large chicken

·10
cups or 2 1/2 liter water

·2
tsp salt

·2
tsp pepper

·1
stalk Chinese parsley, cut thinly to sprinkle on soup when serving

Marinade
ingredients for chicken:

·1/4
cup sweet soy sauce

·1/4
cup salty soy sauce

Method:

1.Boil
all the above ingredients for approximately 1/2 an hour.

2.Remove
the whole chicken & put it in a large bowl. Save chicken broth for rice,
chili and soy sauce.

3.Pour
the marinade ingredients over the chicken & rub evenly. Let it rest for 15
minutes in the marinade.

Why worry if your soup is overboiled or if you have
enough time to make soups? Step aside and let the Philips Viva Collection
Electronic Pressure Cooker take the pressure away from you and assist you in
making your favourite soup. The pressure cooker has an auto pressure release
device to ensure safety during cooking while you are away from the kitchen and
spending some time with your family. It also has the ability to help you keep
your soup or rice warm. So all you have to do now is throw all your ingredients
into it and press the ‘start’ button.

Philips’ kitchen appliances are available at any Philips
authorised retailer located nationwide, at the Philips
Brand Store in Publika Shopping Gallery in Kuala Lumpur and online via www.blipmy.com. For more information, log on to www.philips.com.my.

This is often not the case with typical fryers wherever the employment of oil will increase the saturated fat content and for a few UN agency am passionate about it double deep-fried, the proportion of fat also doubles.